U.S. Sugar Program Hurts Businesses and Kills Jobs

"Supporters of the program claim that artificially inflating sugar prices supports jobs in the sugar producing sector. But, according to the same report, for every job in that sector, approximately three jobs are lost in the sugar containing industries. Unsurprisingly, there are around 600,000 sugar using jobs in the United States, as opposed to only 20,000 jobs in the sugar producing sector. Artificially propping up a few jobs with few beneficiaries at a larger group’s expense is inefficient and inexcusable."